Thursday, 14 November 2013

Video - Asking Secreatry of State for Health about closure of Accrington Victoria GP wak in centre

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab): The Secretary of State earlier quoted the suggestion that GP walk-in centres were in the wrong places, where there was little demand. Last year, 36,000 people used the under-threat Accrington Victoria hospital walk-in centre, and now there is deep anger with the Conservative party. Will he explain how 36,000 people going to overstretched Royal Blackburn hospital A and E will help the situation there?

Mr Hunt: The hon. Gentleman makes my point for me extremely eloquently. Under the previous Government, we had a top-down, ham-fisted policy of opening walk-in centres everywhere as a sticking plaster solution to the disasters with their GP contract. Sometimes they were valuable services, sometimes they were not. We are clearing up the mess, but sometimes, when those centres are useful and important for the public, we will keep them.

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=14103
Scroll to 12:58 and 35seconds.

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